I think this is unrealistic. An e-mail address is all but anonymous. joeschmoe@hotmail.com could be my great grandfather, or it could be an 8-year-old. Short of having the e-mail addresses of every child in the world (which leaves even more room for child abuse, and yet seems to be the plan), it's not really possible to avoid sending spam to children.
If you're going to give kids an e-mail account, you should probably make it whitelist-only anyway, both send and receive. (Until they're old enough to "talk to strangers.")
As seems to be my answer to more and more things... Maybe more parents should know their children, rather than letting the government do it for them.
Check out his Christmas tree. He does not need to turn in his geek badge.
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The problem is that it is (allegedly) sending the information to them when you play the song, not just when you buy it.
An analogy would be if I bought a book from Amazon. I'd fully expect them to keep records that I bought it. I would not expect them to have a database of every time I picked the book up and read it, though--that would just be creepy.
I don't know what's really going on, though, so this is all speculation.
With these mammoth LCDs that require dual DVI inputs... Is it possible to hook them up to a lower-end video card (eg, my laptop) and run them at a lower resolution?
I'd love one of these things, but I don't want to build a new computer to use it.
I, on the other hand, would like to not have DRM in my computer monitor.
Imagine if no one bought HDCP monitors. When Vista came out, it would blow up massively--people would be furious at having to either use really crappy video or buy a new monitor.
Resolution. To me, it's more important than display size. I was looking at LCDs, and ended up getting a 17" that did 1280x1024, even though there was a 19" of the same resolution for only slightly more. I want a huge resolution, but not a huge monitor. (Not that 1280x1024 is a "huge" resolution.)
Unless you're spending the same $2,000+ on a projector, I doubt you could exceed 1280x1024. (Though I haven't looked too closely at pricing lately.)
This isn't quite as insightful as the other comments in this discussion, but did anyone else notice that the icons for this story are arranged in such a way that it appears Einstein is being sucked into the vacuum cleaner?
The sad thing about this is that people look to detect 'fakes' in order that they can be weeded out and derided as "not good". But if an artist can paint as well as one of the Masters, shouldn't we be excited to find a 'fake' because it means that there is another great painter out there who we know nothing about - and who paints so well that even an art expert can't point out why that person is a worse painter than Rembrandt?
We should be looking for other masterpieces by the same guy and hanging those up next to the Rembrandts too.
There's been a bit of talk about how the government can most likely crack common forms of encryption anyway.
Here's an interesting thought, though--what's the overhead in doing so? If they're trying to scan all e-mail, and are decrypting messages as they come in, does doing this create a significant overhead for them? Perhaps, if enough people encrypted their routine e-mail messages, the process would be so slow as to not be feasible.
Will you please see to it that this bug is fixed promptly? Or, more accurately, that the fix is released promptly? This is the sole reason that I dislike using Opera.
due to the lack of an OS X and/or linux version, of Google Earth
I used it last night. I'm not sure where you get it, but I was playing Apple's 30" Cinema display in a store, and found that the box it was on (obviously a Mac) had Google Earth installed. It's amazing on that screen. I can't find a link, but it's apparently "floating around" the web.
But, to me, the point of the password is to keep someone looking through files from stumbling across it. It's like hiding Christmas presents under the bed--it's trivial to circumvent, but it prevents truly-accidental discovery.
People are thinking of encrypting the file as the equivalent of putting it in a vault so no one can get it. I see the encryption more as a "Please Keep Out" sign, where anyone can disregard it, but most people will respect your wishes.
Things that more traditional encyclopedias wouldn't want to include.
Although there are some Wikipedia articles that are long and unnecessarily drawn out, sometimes I like having a long article. A "normal" encyclopedia might give a brief mention. With Wikipedia, I can learn a lot about something, and then visit some links to learn more.
I personnaly uninstalled Norton Security from my computer as it's now clear that they can not protect me from emerging threats.
So now, rather than missing some vulnerabilities, you'll miss them all.
To each his own, but to me, this is like the people who bought French wine and poured it out to protest France's refusal to join us in our fight against Iraq. Norton's got your money; they couldn't care less if you uninstall it.
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What exactly are they paying for?
Are you familiar with the workings of the US Government?
The government has a GSA? Even with such a homophobic President? And they're not using a Microsoft product? I think hell's about to freeze over.
I think this is unrealistic. An e-mail address is all but anonymous. joeschmoe@hotmail.com could be my great grandfather, or it could be an 8-year-old. Short of having the e-mail addresses of every child in the world (which leaves even more room for child abuse, and yet seems to be the plan), it's not really possible to avoid sending spam to children.
If you're going to give kids an e-mail account, you should probably make it whitelist-only anyway, both send and receive. (Until they're old enough to "talk to strangers.")
As seems to be my answer to more and more things... Maybe more parents should know their children, rather than letting the government do it for them.
Turn in your geek badge.RIGHT NOW.
Check out his Christmas tree. He does not need to turn in his geek badge.
The problem is that it is (allegedly) sending the information to them when you play the song, not just when you buy it.
An analogy would be if I bought a book from Amazon. I'd fully expect them to keep records that I bought it. I would not expect them to have a database of every time I picked the book up and read it, though--that would just be creepy.
I don't know what's really going on, though, so this is all speculation.
With these mammoth LCDs that require dual DVI inputs... Is it possible to hook them up to a lower-end video card (eg, my laptop) and run them at a lower resolution?
I'd love one of these things, but I don't want to build a new computer to use it.
I, on the other hand, would like to not have DRM in my computer monitor.
Imagine if no one bought HDCP monitors. When Vista came out, it would blow up massively--people would be furious at having to either use really crappy video or buy a new monitor.
Resolution. To me, it's more important than display size. I was looking at LCDs, and ended up getting a 17" that did 1280x1024, even though there was a 19" of the same resolution for only slightly more. I want a huge resolution, but not a huge monitor. (Not that 1280x1024 is a "huge" resolution.)
Unless you're spending the same $2,000+ on a projector, I doubt you could exceed 1280x1024. (Though I haven't looked too closely at pricing lately.)
This isn't quite as insightful as the other comments in this discussion, but did anyone else notice that the icons for this story are arranged in such a way that it appears Einstein is being sucked into the vacuum cleaner?
The sad thing about this is that people look to detect
'fakes' in order that they can be weeded out and derided
as "not good". But if an artist can paint as well as one
of the Masters, shouldn't we be excited to find a 'fake'
because it means that there is another great painter out
there who we know nothing about - and who paints so well
that even an art expert can't point out why that person
is a worse painter than Rembrandt?
We should be looking for other masterpieces by the same
guy and hanging those up next to the Rembrandts too.
There's been a bit of talk about how the government can most likely crack common forms of encryption anyway.
Here's an interesting thought, though--what's the overhead in doing so? If they're trying to scan all e-mail, and are decrypting messages as they come in, does doing this create a significant overhead for them? Perhaps, if enough people encrypted their routine e-mail messages, the process would be so slow as to not be feasible.
Will you please see to it that this bug is fixed promptly? Or, more accurately, that the fix is released promptly? This is the sole reason that I dislike using Opera.
due to the lack of an OS X and/or linux version, of Google Earth
I used it last night. I'm not sure where you get it, but I was playing Apple's 30" Cinema display in a store, and found that the box it was on (obviously a Mac) had Google Earth installed. It's amazing on that screen. I can't find a link, but it's apparently "floating around" the web.
I tried to call the Internet to confirm, but just got some annoying beeping. Maybe the take-over has begun?
But, to me, the point of the password is to keep someone looking through files from stumbling across it. It's like hiding Christmas presents under the bed--it's trivial to circumvent, but it prevents truly-accidental discovery.
People are thinking of encrypting the file as the equivalent of putting it in a vault so no one can get it. I see the encryption more as a "Please Keep Out" sign, where anyone can disregard it, but most people will respect your wishes.
Things that more traditional encyclopedias wouldn't want to include.
Although there are some Wikipedia articles that are long and unnecessarily drawn out, sometimes I like having a long article. A "normal" encyclopedia might give a brief mention. With Wikipedia, I can learn a lot about something, and then visit some links to learn more.
there literally is nothing to see here.
It's a blank page?
You could also carry one of the "disguised" ones like the Barbie doll into a secure environment without drawing attention to yourself.
Oh, wait...
Are you accusing Slashdot editors of publishing biased stories?
Sheesh, next thing you know, people are going to claim they don't proofread.
Being liable is no big deal.
If you're sued, you just sell a bunch of stock you don't really have to cover your losses.
Here's the link on Amazon.
Awesome idea!
It needs some happy-sounding name.
How about "Helping Artists Prevent Piracy? Yes!" (HAPPY)?
since he cant even load songs on his ipod.
Isn't the problem everyone had with these CDs?
(I was going to make a joke about him not being able to open doors either, but decided to stay on topic)
I personnaly uninstalled Norton Security from my computer as it's now clear that they can not protect me from emerging threats.
So now, rather than missing some vulnerabilities, you'll miss them all.
To each his own, but to me, this is like the people who bought French wine and poured it out to protest France's refusal to join us in our fight against Iraq. Norton's got your money; they couldn't care less if you uninstall it.